- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mrs. Maggie Lee Wright
- Date of Original:
- 1970-04-26
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Claxton--20th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Evans County, Claxton, 32.16158, -81.904
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mrs. Maggie Lee Wright. Date of funeral service: April 26, 1970. Location of funeral service: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, 3:30 p.m. Birth date: April 25, 1882. Death date: April 20, 1970.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-018
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-018
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Original Collection:
- African American Funeral Programg Collection, Evans County African American Archive Museum, Evans County Community Center (Claxton, Ga.)
- Holding Institution:
- Evans County Community Center (Claxton, Ga.)
- Rights:
-
IN MEMORIAL
FOR
MRS. MAGGIE LEE WRIGHT
APRIL 25, 1882 -APRIL 20, 1970
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1970
3:30 P. M.
MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH
Claxton, Georgia
REV. E. M. SOLOMON, OFFICIATING
INTERMENT IN CHURCH CEMETERY
HARPERS FUNERAL HOME
IN CHARGE
OBITUARY
Mrs. Maggie Lee Wright was born in Fairfield,
S. C., April 25, 1882, to the parents of Mr. James Lee
and Mrs. Lula Lee. She became a Christian at an
early age, joined the Round Top Baptist Church in
Fairfield, S. C. Later in years she came to Georgia
and joined the St. Luke Baptist Church, Daisy, Ga.
Later, she moved her membership to Mt. Pleasant
Baptist Church where she served a Faithful Christ-
ian Life until her health failed.
She was joined in Holy Matrimony to Mr. Willard
Wright in 1906, who has preceded her in death.
She leaves to mourn her passing, one adopted
son, Mr. Roosevelt Wright, Newark, N. J.; three sis-
ters, Mrs. Mary Moody, Mrs. Beatrice McKinnon, and
Mrs. Carrie Smith, all of Claxton, Ga.; three brothers,
Mr. Elijah Lee, Mr. Hayward Lee, Claxton, Ga., Mr. T.
L. Lee, New York, N. Y.; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Clara
Lee, Claxton, Ga., Mrs. Hattie Lee, New York, N. Y.;
one brother-in-law, Mr. George Smith, Claxton, Ga.;
one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Florence Wright, Newark,
N. J.; two grandchildren and a host of nieces, neph-
ews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
We think of you each day.
But still you have passed away
We can call but you cannot hear,
But still it seems that you are near.
ORDER OF SERVICES
Processional____________Nearer My God To Thee
Hymn
Scripture_________________________Rev. M. Bacon
Invocation________________________Rev. T. J. Lynch
Selection_________________________________Choir
Remarks (Limit 3 Minutes)
As A Neighbor_____________Mrs. Geneva Lane
As A Church Worker______Dea. Roosevelt Smith
Solo______________________Mrs. Varnadoe Brewton
Acknowledgement of Cards, Telegrams
and Obituary_________________Mrs. Rosa Jones
Eulogy_________________________Rev. E. M. Solomon
Viewing of Remains
Recessional
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Dea. Clyde McClinnon
Dea. Booker T. Hagan
Dea. Freddie Marshall
Dea. Nathaniel Brewton
FLORAL ATTENDANTS
Ushers and Nurse Aide
AN APPRECIATION
The family of the deceased wishes to express their
sincere thanks for the kind ways of sympathy shown
by friends during the bereavement.